UPDATE: Andy came home and saw the pictures and agreed to return them (they have a satisfaction guarantee). He doesn't like the lighting. I am a wimp and can't return them but he will. I feel better. I've been stressing about the waste of money.
Today, on a whim, I took the girls to Sears to get a portrait taken. I had these portraits taken when Lilly was almost 8 months old and they are hanging in our hallway.
Andy has wanted me to duplicate this for Ella and I figured I'd have our photographer (Bruce) come to the house once Ella was sitting up well on her own. But Lilly's pictures were taken at Sears (before we knew Bruce!) and I figured I should try to duplicate it by using Sears again. I also thought I could get away with going earlier since Ella is so much bigger than Lilly was. So today I woke up and made the appointment.
There's a reason I stopped going to Sears, Penney's, Babies R Us, etc. for portraits. It's such a pain in the ass. And now with 2 kids it's even worse - especially with Lilly's unwillingness to look into a camera. So we went and I showed her Lilly's pictures and we tried to duplicate them. First of all Ella can't sit well on her own yet so that was a problem. Secondly she drools like she's a faucet so the lady kept saying, "Wipe her mouth quick!" and I'd swoop in an wipe it only to watch it start pouring out again (she leaves her mouth open most of the time). When we put Ella on her belly to duplicate the second shot she tried to crawl off the platform and wouldn't lay still... If I haven't already shared with you about Ella's eyes - one of them is weaker so it's pretty evident in pictures so that was another issue. When we put the girls together Lilly would look great and then we'd try to get Ella to smile and Lilly would be bored and look away. It was so ridiculous. Oh and Ella's dress was soaked from drool.
I bought 2 8X10's and 2 5x7's (they wouldn't let me buy just one). I don't really like any of them. And I'm really unhappy with the price I paid.
Lesson learned. I will call Bruce and pay bigger bucks for much better pictures and much less work on my part. For now, we have semi-matching pictures for the hallway.
When I came home I realized I could probably get a better picture and turn it into sepia, fuzz the edges, and print it. Oh well. I have been playing around with the AV mode on my totally awesome camera. One of the blogs I follow gave a photography lesson on how to blur the background when taking a photo (I really need a different lens for this which I hope to have soon!) and so I played around with it today. I love taking pictures. Here are some of my favorites from today.
While these pictures look very bright I like them because it's all natural light from the slider behind me. I love natural light. I used to love flash but not anymore!
Today, on a whim, I took the girls to Sears to get a portrait taken. I had these portraits taken when Lilly was almost 8 months old and they are hanging in our hallway.
Andy has wanted me to duplicate this for Ella and I figured I'd have our photographer (Bruce) come to the house once Ella was sitting up well on her own. But Lilly's pictures were taken at Sears (before we knew Bruce!) and I figured I should try to duplicate it by using Sears again. I also thought I could get away with going earlier since Ella is so much bigger than Lilly was. So today I woke up and made the appointment. There's a reason I stopped going to Sears, Penney's, Babies R Us, etc. for portraits. It's such a pain in the ass. And now with 2 kids it's even worse - especially with Lilly's unwillingness to look into a camera. So we went and I showed her Lilly's pictures and we tried to duplicate them. First of all Ella can't sit well on her own yet so that was a problem. Secondly she drools like she's a faucet so the lady kept saying, "Wipe her mouth quick!" and I'd swoop in an wipe it only to watch it start pouring out again (she leaves her mouth open most of the time). When we put Ella on her belly to duplicate the second shot she tried to crawl off the platform and wouldn't lay still... If I haven't already shared with you about Ella's eyes - one of them is weaker so it's pretty evident in pictures so that was another issue. When we put the girls together Lilly would look great and then we'd try to get Ella to smile and Lilly would be bored and look away. It was so ridiculous. Oh and Ella's dress was soaked from drool.
I bought 2 8X10's and 2 5x7's (they wouldn't let me buy just one). I don't really like any of them. And I'm really unhappy with the price I paid.
Lesson learned. I will call Bruce and pay bigger bucks for much better pictures and much less work on my part. For now, we have semi-matching pictures for the hallway.
When I came home I realized I could probably get a better picture and turn it into sepia, fuzz the edges, and print it. Oh well. I have been playing around with the AV mode on my totally awesome camera. One of the blogs I follow gave a photography lesson on how to blur the background when taking a photo (I really need a different lens for this which I hope to have soon!) and so I played around with it today. I love taking pictures. Here are some of my favorites from today.
While these pictures look very bright I like them because it's all natural light from the slider behind me. I love natural light. I used to love flash but not anymore!
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